Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class, C.1915 Auction Ficinus of Reserve Infantry Regiment

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Constructed of tombak with a double-overlaid sunburst pattern with eight points

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Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class, C.1915 Auction Ficinus of Reserve Infantry Regiment(Militrverdienstkreuz, I Klasse). Instituted 5 August 1848. An Iron Cross paty constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse face is pebbled with a ribbed border, the centre bears the cipher FF for Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II, the 12 oclock arm bears a royal crown and the 6 oclock arm bears 1914, the reverse is plain and bears a vertical pinback with a round wire catch, unmarked, 40. 90 (w) x 40. 81 mm (h), near mint.